Fishhook



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W. D. HANSON FISHHOOK Filed Oct. 29. 1921 Patented hug, it, j

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WMUET m. HANDN, 0F GBUWE CETTE, WINNESUTA.

EISHEGK.

application led October 2%, 19M. Serial No. 511,431.

` of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to im rovements in fish hook, and more particu arly, to that class of hook, having revision for holding the bait, `without, inflicting bodily injury,

for the purpose of keepin it alive, a con-A y siderable period of time w en submerged in the process of ifishing. 1

An object of the invention, is to provide improved means in a fish hook, for holding a. live frog, wherein the hook proper forms an important art of the harness, whereby v'the frog is hel safely bound without injury.

it is important, that the bait appear in its natural state, and be bound in a manner to give it bodily freedom to enable it to swim, and that the harness be notcumbersome, and

et a nature to not obscure or cover large sec-l tions of the bait, as is the case when using disk sinkers, spoons and the like.

v My invention contemplates a fish hook of the class described, wherein the hook proper so closely embraces the body of the frog, and without injuring it, that the hook is rendered quite invisible 'and deceptive when submerged, inasmuch as it closely over-lies the speckled back of the frog and resembles a black line in the region of the spine.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herei inafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one form or" fish hook embodying my invention, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hook, showing it in its normal, out of use, position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1, showing a frog interlockngly embraced between the hook proper and the hooks of the spring arms. j

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the spring arms, showing them sprung inwardly to distend the hooks thereof, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view, showing the position of the baited hook submerged.

My improved fish hook comprises an ordinary shing hook A, consisting of a shank 1,

formed at its top with an eye 2, to which the line may be attached said shank having a return bend at its lower end to form a hook 3, said hook opening upwards alongside the shank. Suitably secured to the. shank one on either side adjacent the eye thereof, as by means of a surroundin collar t, or by solder, if desired, are t e sprin and 6, adapted to be pressed un er stress, toward each other said arms diverging downward in a plane at right angles to the plane of the hook A. The arms terminate at a point intermediate the eye and the piercing point 7 of the hook, the location of this point varying in hooks designed for holding frogs of diderent size. At said oint, the arms are bent abruptly inward the arms 5 atter' extending laterally preferablybehind the shank 1, to the opposite'sidethereof, at which point it is bent in a wide return, inwardly and terminates, preferably, at a point located slightl beyond said shank, whereby, the termina s of the bent portions are caused to adjacentl overlap as at a'. rlhe bent ortions of e arms constitute oppositely isposed, inwardly opening hooks or clamping jaws 8, and, in connection with the arms, may be termed a pair of pinchers suspended from the eye of the hook, and having its jaws disposed horizontally, in a manner, to grasp an elon ated object placed longitudinally adjacent t e shank 1 ofth hook. Further, the jaws are located symmetrically directly over the crotch or bend b of the hook, and are suitably spaced upwardly from the piercing point 7 thereof, to enable the jaws to grasp the neck of the frog when the trunk thereof is seated in the crotch of the hook, as is best illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawings.

In the drawings the inner ed e 9 of the spur or barb 10 is shown near y parallel' with the shank, so that it conforms to the curvature of the end of the trunk of the frog whereby the spur is prevented from impaling it.

Thus, the frog is grasped around the neck just above the forelegs, and as the bend of the hook is constructed to extend snugly pressed together, as shown in Figure 3,

whereby the jaws are separated to enable the bait to be easily insertedo titi It will be noted that b making the jaws overlap at their-xfree en s, the s ring arms 5 and imay be bent to reduce t eopenin'g between the jaws so that a smaller fro may. be gri pecl, which could not be done if the ends o the jaws engaged, thus extending the utility of the device.

It will be noted that the hook describes a line up the back of the bait, and is more or less invisible, while the whole structure is sim le, and of small bulk, so that a very sma l part of the bait is obscured.

Figure 4 best illustrates my improved hook, as it appears in use, there belng no movable bulky parts such as locking devices and spinner spoons to arouse suspicion.

I claim:

1. In a bait holder, the combination with a lish hook, of oppositely disposed wire clamping jaws o ening toward each other and being locate intermediate the ends of the shank of the fish hook in vertical alinement with the bend ofthe hook of the latter and spaced an appreciable distance above same, and spring arms resiliently connecting said clamping jaws, respectively, to the shank of the fish hook in such a manner as to eect a spreading movemexrt of the iing jaws in opposition `w-",thetension rof t e spring arms, thelatter being constructed to be manually simultaneously moved toward each other, and torpermit .the bodl of a fr0 to be inserted between them so t at it w' be .gripped solely by the tension of said sprin arms when the latter are released.

2. n a bait holder, the combination with a fish hook, of a air of spring arms secured to the shank of t e fish hook and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom on o posite sides thereof,and a pair of opposxtely disHosed wire clampin jaws adapted to grip t e body of a bait,

openin laterally toward eaeh other and being ocated intermediate the ends ofthe shank of the fish hook in vertical alinement withv the bend of the hook of the latter, and

ere being one i jaw for each' of said spring arms, said jaws l 

